2017-08-14

This is a rare chance to learn some little-known rationality
lore. Proceed cautiously, according to the instructions
below.

Before you start, please remember -- never question a
technique until you have mastered it. Your weak, human mind is
certain to raise objections as you make progress on this path --
but this weakness will be overcome with time. Eventually, the
technique will become your second nature, and you will hardly
even remember what your life was like before.

2017-08-04

第一

Yoga, as commonly taught, in a multitude of versions descended
from the Indian tradition, gets some crucial things right. At the
same time, it gets some other things terribly wrong.

One obvious thing it gets wrong is attaching metaphysical or
religious meaning to all the teachings. But annoying as it can
be, I do not consider it a deal breaker for anyone who has
half-decent epistemic habits. It is fairly trivial to filter out
the wordy noise and benefit from generations upon generations of
accumulated and slowly refined practical knowledge.